Behold the Arrival of ‘Streaming 2.0’! Just One Question: What’s ‘Streaming 2.0’?
Photo credits: Graphic Design by Emily, snsnep As UMG mega-studs like Lucian Graine and Michael Nash continue to plot the ...
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Universal Music Group’s recorded music subscription streaming revenues topped $5bn in 2024, up 9.1% YoY
Universal Music Group‘s latest FY results are out.Within UMG’s financial figures for the 2024 fiscal/calendar year lies this pearl: the ...
SoundCloud Tops Legitary Music Streaming Accuracy Ranking
Photo Credit: SoundCloudWhich music streaming platform is delivering the most reliable data on play counts? In a surprising turn of ...
Will Anybody Pay $6 Extra for Spotify’s ‘Music Pro’? A Hard Look at Spotify’s Attempt to Break the Streaming Plateau
Can Spotify’s ‘super-premium’ tier break the streaming music plateau? In this report, we pick apart the rumored offerings within ‘Music ...
Streaming service Mdundo reports 45% surge in subscription revenue as it sets sights on users outside Africa
Mdundo, an Africa-focused music streaming service, has released its earnings for the first half of its fiscal year, showing a ...
Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2025 memo to Universal Music Group staff: ‘Streaming 2.0 will represent a new age of innovation, consumer segmentation, geographic expansion, greater consumer value and ARPU growth.’
Universal Music Group Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge has issued his annual New Year note to UMG staff.The wide-ranging ...
Spotify Individual Premium Subscribers Continue to Flatline In the US — As the Broader US-Based Streaming Music Subscription Picture Remains Soft
Surprising declines in Spotify’s US-based individual Premium subscriptions first emerged in September of 2024, part of a broader slowdown in ...
Universal Music Group and Amazon Music ink new deal, including exclusive content… and with ‘Streaming 2.0’ at its heart
Universal Music Group (UMG) and Amazon Music have jointly announced a renewed worldwide licensing agreement today (December 23).According to a ...
Spotify fires back at Drake: streaming platform says it has “no economic incentive for users to stream ‘Not Like Us’ over any of Drake’s tracks.”
Spotify has officially fired back at claims made by Drake in a legal filing last month that Kendrick Lamar’s Not ...
Sony Music pulls catalog from Africa-focused music streaming service Boomplay
It’s long been touted as one of the most exciting music streaming platforms in Africa – with over 98 million ...
